The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS
Opening - Macon's Public Schools
and the Pupils in Attendance-rhe
State Fair Booming - No Rain at
Georgetown in Seven Weeks-Put-
nam Superior Court in Session.
GEORGIA
John Twatt merchant of Townsville,
died Tuesday.
Col. w J. Ray, well-known lawyer Of
Monroe, died day or two ago.
Athens is just getting ready to boom the
coming fair of Northeast Georgia.
A. L. Lucas, of Los Angeles, Cal, has
just paid Thomas Butler. of Hamburg, $50
for a pair of hounds. 1t will cost $50 TO
ship them TO Los Angeles.
There are $4,000 BaptistS in Georgia-as
many as all other denominations together.
A church is at liberty any time to withdraw
its membership from one association and
Join another.
William Gresham, of Americas, who shot
himself through the throat with revolver
Sunday morning, was resting easy yester
day, and will doubtless recover from the
injury inflicted.
At Augusta some opposition is springing
that it would only make things worse, as
the water would rush back into the city
through the sewers.
On Thursday four men met casually upon
a corner of one of the streets of Milledge-
vile, whose aggregate ages footed up the
sum 33l years. They were N. c. Butts,
aged 80; Elam Sanford, of Hancock county,
aged So; A. l. Butts, aged SO, and Benjamin
Stafford, aged 70.
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tered the storehouse of +. E. Youmans on
Saturday night and took two fine suits of
clothes and some other fancy articles The
burglar left his wooden crowbar on the
counter, with which he forced an entrance
at the front door.
Putnam Superior Court convened Mon
day, with Judge j. K. Hines, of Sanders
vile, on the bench. Judge jenkins, being
disqualified in several cases, is holding
Judge Hines court at Sandersville this
week. There is little work to do and not
prisoner in the county Jail.
Alfred Ellis who, after farming in Texas
for thirty years, returned to Georgia year
or two ago, is farming on Capt. T. H. Bakes
place, near Camilla. He says Texas has the
soil, but no climate. while Mitchell county
has both climate and soil ''This is better
country than Texas" is what he says to all
his friends
Seney, Polk county, Sunday He started
row at a boarding house, and the Marshal
of Seney was called in. Hackney resisted
arrest, and a scuftle ensued. The Marshal
shot him twice, once in the mouth and once
in the breast Hackney lived only few
minutes after he was shot.
In a certain locality in Americas reside
six married couples, all living within a
stones throw of each other, out of which
MN n1alxr hexr
blessed with children and this with but a
single one Considering the fact that every
couple have been married for period COW
ering from ten to thirty years, the coinci-
dence is rather a remarkable one.
At Georgetown no ram has fallen within
the past S, zen weeks, yet light showers fell
In several localities in tn county last Fiday
night-enouSh.pi'e badly to lay the dust eff
fectually. The lac cotton, peas and late
potatoes are ''gone up" Sugar-cane would
be improved 10y ram, as it would grow rap
idly with good rains until cut off by a
freeze. The farmers are now doubtful of
realizing two-thirds of a cotton CROP Many
farmers entitled to credit for their judg-
ment are of the opinion that not more than
ive-eighths will be realized.
The Rehoboth Association convened at
Reynolds Sept. 10 last, l.. O. Niles. of
Marshallville, Moderator, and A. J.
Cheeves, of Montezuma. Secretary
The reports from the various churches of
the association We're highly satisfactory and
showed a marked Improvement on previous
years. The attending delegates were not so
many as in the past. The Sunday school
work will be made special feature at the
next meeting, and a committee was ap-
pointed to select several speakers for this
week. There were many visitors from
the nelghboring towns and surrounding
country, and all were kindly cared for.
The association will meet next wear at
Thomaston.
A question of some Importance came up
in the City Court at Macon Tuesday. in
which every merchant in Macon is inter
ested. The case was Rodgers, Worsham 81
Co. VS.. Washington Hodge The firm sued
Hodge, who is farmer in the Warrior dis
trict, for Sl67 25 with attorneys fees and
interest Hodges defence is that the firm
has not complied with the law in section
1889 of the Code, which requires that all
weights and measures shall be stamped or
marked, and thatdebts of such merchants
not having their weights and measures so
marked or stamped cannot be collected. The
case went to the jury, but they hung on it,
and up 10 a late hour bad not agreed 1t is
claimed that while there is such a law. it is
considered obsolete, and this is the first in
stance in many long years that it has been
raised
ZIG cbdOc rdlT Is SUlll booming. Inc
people of Macon are helping it to boom.
Down at the park matters are taking on
new shape. The grand stand, machinery
hall, agricultural and floral halls, as well as
other buildings, have been repaired, painted
and whitewashed until they are won
drously beautiful The track will soon be
ready for the fieet-footed racers, and when
completed, it win be the finest mile track in
the South. The levee has been finished and
the fencing walt, and Parkkeeper Fennel is
busy moving the grass cleaning off the
leaves and trimming up the magnificent
trees. The old, dilapidated, half-rotten
stalls will be rebuilt, and every comfort and
convenience possible will be arranged for
the exhibitors and visitors. By the time
the gates are thrown open there will he a
spectacle such as the fair-goers never wit.
messed before. The agricultural display in
itself will be worth a whole fair of the or.
binary sort.
Comptroller General Wright a few days
ago submitted the legal opinion prepared by
Hon. n. j. Hammond, of Atlanta, as to the
effect the FELTON, wine room bill would have
upon the business of those dealers who are
operating under twelve months license OBJ
tanned by the payment of the special $50
liquor tax to the state, to Attorney General
Anderson Comptroller Wright concurred
m the main in the opinion written by Mr..